Old Collingwood
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Greg I work in a small lounge with the admiral about Ten feet away from me - she has weakened lungs - so anything unless it has no vapour or smell is a Serious No No, I was spraying last night into my make shift cardboard box pray booth - and I had to have the back door open despite it being below freezing out side - I could see the vapours comong off my airbrush and rising towards my light above my table - even though they are Acrylic I could smell and tast the vapours. OC. -
Neet work with the masking Greg - you going to spray them in or brush? OC.
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Evening all, only a small update - I have primed the Hull, but firstly I had to strip and clean my airbrush "Yep it was blocked again" I used my airbrush cleaner and a tooth brush and really got in the nozzle and gave it a right clean out - suprising how small fragments of paint (mainly vallejo Primer) can clog it. Anyway its gone on quite well no visible runs and a smooth coverage. I could not take any pics as my phone was dead. OC.
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Excellent work Alan, those small details and the boats look a real treat - so hard to paint aswell due to their tiny Size, she is such a busy looking ship but so handsome, did you ever watch the warfilm In which we Serve - that was about HMS Kelly similar type of Destroyer as yours. OC.
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If it was me - I would work out were I wanted the yards to be - lowered or in place when the sails were set/dropped down, also depends if you was to just do here with no sails and no running rigging, then glue the yard in place - then attach the Parrel. Three main questions - 1) Was the Full sail set up always with the yards raised into position. 2) Did they lower the yards when the sails were furled. 3) Did they take the sails down off the yards when not in use - with the yards lowered. OC.
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I think they were used on all moving yard/masts - not sure about the bowsprit yards - possibly as I assume they would move them along masts there, my understanding is they are fed up and over the yard both sides of the mast then passed around the back of the mast - you could tie then off at the back of the mast making the parrels meet. OC.
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Yep - Parrel is a loop of wooden beads that sit on a length of rope and are passed around the yard arm and then around the mast - the idea is that when the yard is lowered/lifted the parrels slide down the mast and same allowing left/right movement for sail alignment. Not sure if you can get scale accurate ones for you build - or perhaps you can scratch build some. OC.
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Evening all, not much of an update - more a repair, basically I was looking over the hull thinking about starting the primer on it soon, when I noticed some glue had gotten smeared along the front area of the hull - how that happened I have no idea, but it had set so I set about using some fine wet and dry to remove it - slow work but I managed to remove it to about a 90% acceptable standard. No pics of it as its nothing to really photograph. OC.
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Amazing work Greg - al that detail blending togther but also looking so sharp. OC.
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I'm the same with my "Little land" build when I zoom in to show all the close details then I notice the faults with my work, mine looks ok though when I take my glasses off (am blind as a bat without them)😆 OC.
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Mark are they Glass or clear plastic? if real glass thats a tricky one if the later then can you not make a paper template the excat size the trim using a sharp knife? OC.
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I love Lifecolour Acrylics - they airbrush so nicely. OC.
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She is looking really nice now - taking shape - always a good stage when you can start do the stays. OC.
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Strange question - how do you all keep you finger nails down - like mission impossible for me with no teeth. Great build Greg. OC.
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"Mix and match" then the instructions are always the worst part for all of us I thin, same when you have seperate PE sheets and main manual to read - but somehow we get there. OC.
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Im still debating about putting my main ship railings on - as I just feel in real life at the scale distance we would view the model from - they would probably not be seen. OC.
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